Car-door



T. J. HICKEY.

UAR DOOR. No. 898,155.

Patented Nov. Z0,

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.V

TIMOTHY J. HICKEY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONEf HALF TO ALPH AYMOND, OF ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI.

CAR-DOOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,155, dated November 20, 1888.

Application filed February 6, 1888. Serial No. 263,112. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, TIMOTHY J. HIoKEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Doors, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to sliding doors for freight-cars, and among the objects in view is to provide a door so mounted as to be capable of being closed iiush with the walls of the car and of being opened and slid to one side and in a plane outside of the walls thereof.

Further objects of the invention are to secure these advantages with as few parts as possible, thus rendering the door simple, strong, and durable, and not liable to become damaged and inoperative,and also to provide convenient and simple means for opening and closing the door.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring tothe drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a freight-car provided with a door constructed in accordance with my invention, the same being shown in a closed and locked position. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on theline y y of Fig. l, the door being unlocked and in position for opening. Fig. 3 is a similar view, the door being swung out from the car and in position to be slid to one side thereof. Fig. 4 is a vertical section in detail on the line x :c of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

A represents the side of the car, which is of the usual construction and provided with the door-opening A and vertical side posts, A2 A, which form the door-frame, the former being transversely recessed, as at A4, and the latter vertically recessed, as at A5, to receive the rear edge of the door B, which door is adapted to fit snugly in position within the opening A.

B B represent, respectively, the upper and lower rails, which run longitudinal the car and above and below the door-opening A. The

upper rail, B, is slightly below the upper edge of the door-opening, and is preferably held in position by means of an ordinary spacebeam, B4?, (see dotted lines,) to which it is securely bolted by bolts B3. rIhelower rail is mounted in position by beingsecuredto brackets B4, which project laterally from the side of the car. That bracket B4* opposite the post or beam A2 is slanting and mounted flush with the lower edge of the door opening or sill, and the track B whichit aids in supporting is held in position so that its upper edge is slightly above the plane of said sill and is formed with.

a recess, B5, in its said edge at that point thereof directly above the bracket just described. It will be noticed that each ofthe tracks B B are curved or inwardly disposed, as at B6, at apoint about midway and opposite the door C and upon the lower track, and at or about a point thereon where the inward curve terminates is supported the rear edge of the door C by means of an outwardly-project ing bracket, C', which is laterally slotted in its under surface, as at C2, and embraces the upper edge of said track. A similar bracket projects from the door C at its opposite edge, and when the door is closed iiush with the wall of the car said bracket rests upon the bracket B4, which, as before described, is fiush with the sill of the door.

As shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, the bracket B4 may be recessed at a point thereof in front of the bracket C' of the door, into which is adapted to be inserted a wedge-shaped or other retaining-pin, C3, by which the door is prevented from rattling, and which Yalso serves as a means of retaining the door in a closed position when it would be inconvenient or unnecessary to employ the ordinary locking means hereinafter described.

Within the recess A4 formed in the post A2 is seated a hasp-plate, D', in which is pivoted a hasp, D, which is slotted at its forward end and adapted to be swung over a staple, D3, driven in the door and is provided back of its pivot with a curved tongue or arm, D2. The location of the hasp-lever is such that when swung open so that its forward or hasp end projects forward its rear or curved end is brought in contact with a wearing-plate, C4,

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formed on the front end of the car-door. By

pressing the front end of the lever toward the side ofthe car the curved end thereof forces the front edge of the door C outwardly until the notched bracket C has ridden down the inclined bracket Band straddles the track B. New, by grasping the handle and pushing, the door can be slid to one side of the car and the opening made clear for the removal or reception of freight. As the door is slid to one side its top edge is embraced by the upper track, B, and the brackets C ofthe door embrace the upper edge of the lower track, B', and said tracks being curved the door is brought out of a plane with the sides of the ear and may be slid out of th'e Way. Vhen the door is being slid to one side, the lever D assumes the position shown in Fig. 3 and performs another important function, in that it prevents the door from marring the side of the car. To close the door, the same is simply slid in an opposite direction until the curved ends of the tracks cause the rear edge of the door to take into the vertical recess A, formed in the post Awhen, by a slightpressure, the door can be pressed back into the opening and flush with the outer Wall of the car and behind the beam Bit, which depends slightly below the door-opening. rlhe lever D is now swung to the locking position,so that the slot in the end thereof takes over the hasp D, when said door may be securely locked by the employment of any ordinary padlock.

Having described my invention and its operation, what I claim isl. The combination, With the door G,having the slotted bracket C,With the inclined bracket BH1, having a recess, and the removable pin C, adapted to enter said recess, substantially as specified.

2. The con1bination,with the door C, having the projecting bracket C', of the inclined supporting-black ets B'L Bbl", carrying the track B', having the recess B, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, With the door-post A?, recessed in its inner face, as at A, and having the plate D set therein and provided with the pivoted locking-lever D, of the door C, having the Wearing-plate C, secured toits edge adjacent to the post, substantially as specified.

In testimony WhereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. TIMOTHY J. HICKEY.

Witnesses:

CHAs. MCOARTHEY, JAMES FARRELL. 

